1. Tired, trite plot devices. Hey, old campy sci fi flicks and cartoons like The Simpsons and Futurama have used ye oldedecapitated head floating in a jar trope and used it better because the trope was intended to be tongue in cheek. Sorry, can’t take it seriously. Makes me giggle.

2. “Smell the Fart“. We don’t know Michonne. Last season’s cliffhanger left us with the impression of a borderline insane, possibly psychopathic, cunning, mysterious kick ass female survivor. I couldn’t wait to get to know her. Unfortunately we still don’t know Michonne because she has fallen victim to Joey Tribbiani’s ‘smell the fart‘ syndrome. Remember when Joey landed a leading role in a soap opera? Well… Michonne is smelling the fart big time. And that’s about all she’s doing.

3. Boring writing = the kiss of death = Andrea = Who? The one survivor I really cared about from the original group (after Shane’s character-assassination and murder), the woman I had high hopes for, has become a zombie without even trying, uh, I mean… dying.

4. I don’t need record zombie kills. Zombies are nothing more than set pieces. I need flesh and bone– three dimensional characters who move the plot forward. Please don’t resort to zombie attacks to create plot which leads me to the following:

5. As my son says, heroes are boring. Villains are not. Why? Because most of the time movies and television portray heroes as reactive rather than proactive. Villains, on the other hand, are proactive. In other words, villains have a plan. They have a vision. Which is probably why The Governor is more interesting than anyone else, heads in jars notwithstanding. (I must point out the borrowing here– themes from Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale. Pay attention, it’s in there.)

I worried the death of Shane might spell the death of the show for me. I hoped Andrea and Michonne would fill the void. Not so far. Nada.

Thus I’m thrilled to have found Faith on Hulu and I can’t wait for A Game of Thrones because if nothing else Tyrion and Cersei Lannister will fill an entire hour with plots and plans, sorrow and joy, murder and mayhem.